Datasheet

A B C D E
1 Falling Head Permeability
2 Analyst Name:
3 Test Date:
4 Soil Sample:
5 Specific gravity Gs =
6 Specimen dry mass M = g
7 Specimen height H = cm
8 Specimen diameter D = cm
9 Diameter of standpipe ds = cm
10 Initial height in standpipe h0 = cm
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Height of
Time water in Temperature
14 (min) standpipe (oC)
(cm)
15 t ht
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A B C D E F G H I
1 Falling Head Permeability
2 Analyst Name: Kate Allison, Paul Murphy, Francis Chin, L.P Chua 1.0E-04
3 Test Date: 6/8/1995
4 Soil Sample: Sample 4, Westport sand, New Brighton sand and silica flour 100 1.0E-04 Experim
5 Specific gravity Gs = 2.65 Fit by a
1.0E-04
6 Specimen dry mass M = 1756.00 g

Permeability (cm/s)
Fit by re
7 Specimen height H = 12.18 cm
9.8E-05
8 Specimen diameter D = 10.09 cm
9 Diameter of standpipe ds = 0.95 cm 9.6E-05
10 Initial height in standpipe h0 = 141.90 cm
11 Initial void ratio e = 0.47 9.4E-05
12 Dry unit weight gd = 17.69 kN/m 3

13 9.2E-05
Height Height
Height of 9.0E-05
Permeability predicted predicted
Time water in Temperature Permeabilit 0 2 4 6 8
14 (min) standpipe (oC) y (cm/s)
at 20oC by by
(cm/s) average regression
(cm) Time (min)
(cm) (cm)
15 t ht kT k
16 1 134.1 16.5 1.02E-04 #VALUE! 134.47 134.66
17 2 127.3 16.5 9.77E-05 #VALUE! 127.43 127.79
18 3 120.7 16.5 9.71E-05 #VALUE! 120.76 121.27
4 114.3 16.5 9.73E-05 #VALUE! 114.44 115.08 130.00 Expe
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20 5 108.3 16.5 9.73E-05 #VALUE! 108.44 109.21 Fit b
21 6 102.8 16.5 9.67E-05 #VALUE! 102.77 103.64 Fit b

Height of water (cm)

22 7 97.7 16.5 9.60E-05 #VALUE! 97.39 98.35
110.00
23 8 92.7 16.5 9.58E-05 #VALUE! 92.29 93.33
24 9 88.2 16.5 9.51E-05 #VALUE! 87.46 88.57
25 10 83.7 16.5 9.50E-05 #VALUE! 82.88 84.05
26 11 79.4 16.5 9.50E-05 #VALUE! 78.54 79.76 90.00
27 Permeability calculated by average kTa = 9.68E-05 cm/s
28 Permeability calculated by regression kTr = 9.43E-05 cm/s
29 Permeability calculated by average k20oC = #VALUE! cm/s
30 70.00
31 Points for graph 0 9.68E-05 9.43E-05 0 2 4 6
32 12 9.68E-05 9.43E-05 Time (min)
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1.0E-04
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1.0E-04 4 Experiment
5 Fit by average
1.0E-04
6 Fit by regression
9.8E-05 7
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9.6E-05 9
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9.4E-05 11
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9.2E-05 13

9.0E-05
0 142 4 6 8 10 12 14
Time (min)

15
16
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130.00 Experiment
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20 Fit by average
21 Fit by regression
Height of water (cm)

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110.00
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90.00 26
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70.00 30
031 2 4 6 8 10 12
32 Time (min)
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